diff --git a/cosmos/dbt/graph.py b/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
index f3ea63e7e8..db6e75aa8d 100644
--- a/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
+++ b/cosmos/dbt/graph.py
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ def load(
             if self.project.is_manifest_available():
                 self.load_from_dbt_manifest()
                 return
-            elif (
-                execution_mode in (ExecutionMode.LOCAL, ExecutionMode.VIRTUALENV)
-                and self.project.is_profile_yml_available()
-            ):
+            elif execution_mode == ExecutionMode.LOCAL and self.project.is_profile_yml_available():
                 try:
                     self.load_via_dbt_ls()
                     return
diff --git a/tests/dbt/test_graph.py b/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
index c210fe1dfc..5b4b8fbd5f 100644
--- a/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
+++ b/tests/dbt/test_graph.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def test_load_manifest_with_manifest(mock_load_from_dbt_manifest):
     "exec_mode,method,expected_function",
     [
         (ExecutionMode.LOCAL, LoadMode.AUTOMATIC, "mock_load_via_dbt_ls"),
-        (ExecutionMode.VIRTUALENV, LoadMode.AUTOMATIC, "mock_load_via_dbt_ls"),
+        (ExecutionMode.VIRTUALENV, LoadMode.AUTOMATIC, "mock_load_via_custom_parser"),
         (ExecutionMode.KUBERNETES, LoadMode.AUTOMATIC, "mock_load_via_custom_parser"),
         (ExecutionMode.DOCKER, LoadMode.AUTOMATIC, "mock_load_via_custom_parser"),
         (ExecutionMode.LOCAL, LoadMode.DBT_LS, "mock_load_via_dbt_ls"),